Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Ambro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ambro and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Ambro

• Astronomy & Satellites ...
  • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
  • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Ambro:
  • 36.260917, -83.654628
  • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
  • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Ambro

• Bird Watching ...
  • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
  • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Grainger County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger County
  • Since Ambro is near Union County and also Claiborne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne County

• Waymarking ...
  • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Ambro

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ambro ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

• Agreeable ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Agreeable is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agreeable
• Buffalo Springs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Buffalo Springs is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
• Chestnut Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Chestnut Grove is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
• Elm Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Elm Springs is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Springs
• Joppa
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Joppa is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
• Liberty Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Liberty Hill is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
• Lulaville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Lulaville is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
• Maples ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Maples is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
• Mitchell Ford
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mitchell Ford is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Ford
• Powder Springs
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Powder Springs is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs
• Rose Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rose Hill is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
• Sunset
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Sunset is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
• Sycamore Spring
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Sycamore Spring is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Spring
• Williams Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Williams Springs is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Springs

How Far From Ambro to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ambro to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Ambro once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ambro and extending to:

• Rutledge, which is the Seat of Grainger County, lies just to the East.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 174 miles [280 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Ambro to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 405 miles [651.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,292 miles [10,126 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,003 miles [11,270.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,879 miles [7,852 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'